Gertrude the Great, OSB (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta; Italian: Santa Gertrude, German: Gertrud die Große von Helfta, Latin: Sancta Gertrudis; January...

Seligenthal [de] in 1999. The new buildings incorporate some of the ruins of the old. During the abbacy of Gertrude of Hackeborn (r. 1251–1292), Helfta became...

another monastery at Helfta near Eisleben, which was founded in 1258. Governed under either Benedictines or Cistercians, Helfta became known for its powerful...

The visions of Jesus to Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn of the convent of Helfta were mentioned by Pope Benedict XVI in a General Audience of September 29...

articulated this in his commentary on the Song of Songs. The women of Helfta – Gertrude foremost, who surely knew Bernard's commentary, and to a somewhat...

of Hackeborn (1241-1299), a Cistercian nun of the convent of Our Lady of Helfta, reportedly experienced three visions of the Virgin Mary. Mechtilde was...

5, No. 2 (2002), 48. "Bossert, Sr. Evangela. "St. Gertrude of Helfta", Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood, Idaho". Archived from the original on 16...

(1242–1312) Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) Gertrude the Great (1256–1302), also known as Gertrude of Helfta Juliana of Cornillon (d.1258) Ida van Leeuw...

attributed to Clare of Assisi, have been preserved. Mechtilde and Gertrude of Helfta were devoted to the Holy Wounds, the latter reciting daily a prayer...

(1243–1316) Godfrey of Fontaines (1250–1306/9) James of Viterbo (1255–1307) Gertrude of Helfta (1256–1302) Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)...